Oviedo (EFE) that have corresponded to him in the governing body of the chamber.
In statements to journalists after the constitutive session of the General Board, which this legislature will be chaired by the until now vice-president of the Principality, Juan Cofiño, Barbón has expressed his appreciation towards the PP for having assumed the approach of the Socialists that Vox should stay off the table.
Barbón, who recalled that the PSOE reached an agreement to cede one of its three posts to the IU, said that for the Socialists it was “very important to exclude the extreme right from the table.”
Cofiño, “an absolutely exceptional person”
The Socialist candidate for re-election, who recalled that the General Meeting will again have a “progressive majority” this legislature, has praised the figure of Cofiño, “an absolutely exceptional person” from whom he has “learned a lot” and from whom owes “a lot”.
Barbón, who has also thanked the “exceptional work” of Marcelino Marcos Líndez as head of the Chamber in the last legislature, has assured that Cofiño will provide “the necessary calm and rigor” in “a climate of political tension” and “Polarization”.
The acting president has also thanked the support of the only parliamentarian from the Forum, Adrián Pumares, so that Cofiño has been elected by an absolute majority by adding his vote to those of the PSOE and IU, although he has recalled that the pact between this party and PP and Vox to form a coalition government in Gijón is contrary to the position of the Socialists.
As stated, the Forum “must demonstrate the role it wants to play in the regional political debate, if it is going to form part of the right-wing tripartite” or prefer to take “its own differentiated course.”
Investiture negotiations
Asked about the negotiations with other groups aimed at agreeing on his investiture, for which a two-month period has been opened today, Barbón has assured that “nothing” has yet progressed because the first thing that had to be done after last elections May 28 was to constitute the town halls, on June 17, and now the General Meeting.
After recalling that the talks are “discreet”, he has avoided talking about possible dates by pointing out that “there will be a general election in the middle”.
“Logically (the elections) are going to affect the investiture process, but we are going to see how,” Barbón has left open, who has insisted that he is not “in a position to announce a deadline.” EFE